Abstract
This study aimed to compare the antioxidant, techno-functional and vegan cheese properties of black cumin cake protein concentrate (BPC) with those of commercial proteins. The BPC (63% protein, w/w) showed greater antioxidant potential (TEAC: 247 μmol Trolox/g; ORAC: 211 μmol Trolox/g; iron chelation capacity: 35.5 μmol Trolox/g) than potato protein isolate (PPI), but comparable antioxidant potential with soy protein isolate (SPI). The BPC had slightly lower water binding capacity (7 g/g) than SPI (8.8 g/g), but 1.7 and 1.9-fold higher oil binding capacity (5.4 g/g) than PPI and SPI, respectively. All proteins showed similar emulsion capacity (EC) and stability (ES) at high protein concentrations (≥1%), but BPC showed the highest EC and ES at low protein concentrations (≤0.5%). BPC showed higher least gelling concentration (LGC: 14%) than PPI and SPI (LGCs for both 10%). However, the texture profile analysis showed that the heat-induced gels of BPC were firm but easily chewable. Moreover, BPC gels showed the highest springiness and resilience. The BPC-based spreadable vegan cheese was softer (firmness: 5.52 N), more easily spreadable (spreadability value: 6.23 N s), but less adhesive and sticky than SPI- and PPI-based spreadable vegan cheeses. SPI-based cheese showed the highest viscoelastic moduli followed by PPI and BPC with similar viscoelastic moduli. SPI-based cheese demonstrated the most favorable sensory properties, but BPC showed acceptable overall sensory properties. This work proved that black cumin proteins could be utilized to novel spreadable black vegan cheese. Further studies are needed to develop novel black-colored vegan food such as black milk, ice-cream, sausage, cake, crackers etc.
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